codex-desktop-linux AGENTS.md

Repository-specific instructions for adapting the macOS Codex Desktop app into Linux packages such as .deb, .rpm, pacman, and AppImage. They describe the build process, update manager, supported upstream version, and rules for Linux-specific features.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when updating the Linux port, fixing changes in the upstream DMG, rebuilding native modules, preparing packages, or deciding where experimental Linux integrations belong.
Why use it?
They help an agent keep Linux packaging aligned with the latest upstream app and avoid leaving outdated compatibility workarounds in the code.

Instructions file for CodexOpenCode

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add instructions/distsystem/codex-desktop-linux/agents-md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/distsystem/codex-desktop-linux

Made for: Codex, OpenCode.

Per session 2,260 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 2,260 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.02260 $0.02260
Opus 5 $0.01130 $0.01130
Sonnet 5 $0.00452 $0.00452
Haiku 4.5 $0.00226 $0.00226

Measured 2d ago against content hash a023254766db, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

codex-desktop-linux AGENTS.md scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

- `python3`, `7z`, `curl`, `unzip`, `tar`, `make`, and `g++` are required for
AGENTS.md · 201 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 201 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AGENTS.md

Purpose

This repository adapts the official macOS Codex Desktop DMG into a runnable Linux app, packages it as .deb, .rpm, pacman, and AppImage artifacts, and ships a local Rust update manager that can rebuild future Linux packages from newer upstream DMGs.

The build flow: install.sh downloads/extracts Codex.dmg, patches the extracted app through core and enabled Linux feature descriptors, rebuilds native modules, downloads Linux Electron, stages bundled resources, writes codex-app/start.sh, and lets package builders produce native artifacts or AppImage. Native packages also include codex-update-manager and an update-builder bundle.

Maintainer Rules

  • This project supports only the latest upstream CODEX.DMG. When fixing upstream drift, remove old drift workarounds in the same change. Do not keep legacy DMG shapes, fallback patch paths, or version-specific compatibility branches around.
  • Keep core behavior focused on the app launching and working for most Linux users. Experimental, workflow-specific, editor-specific, browser-specific, distro-specific, or minority-use integrations belong in linux-features/ and must be disabled by default.
  • If an optional feature needs a new core touchpoint, add the smallest generic extension point to core, then keep feature-specific logic inside that feature directory.
  • Do not enable optional features in committed config. linux-features/features.json is local and gitignored; features.example.json stays empty.
  • Each repository feature under linux-features/<id>/ and each local feature under linux-features/local/<id>/ must include a README.md next to feature.json.
  • Do not manually patch generated output such as codex-app/start.sh for a durable fix. Change the source template, build helper, feature, or patch descriptor and regenerate.
  • Treat updater, package builder, launcher, and feature framework changes as cross-format changes unless the code explicitly scopes them to one package format or desktop target.

Read the full file on GitHub · 201 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 201 lines · 2,260 tokens per session scan A a023254766db

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codex-desktop-linux AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository distsystem/codex-desktop-linux (11 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,260 tokens to every session, about $0.0113 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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